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Why I am forced to use Matrox
If I sit down in front of a computer using any other brand of video card, I quickly develop a strong feeling of agitation and inability to concentrate. This can last for a while after I've stopped looking at the screen too. This isn't the monitors' fault.
However, when I plug in a Matrox card, this doesn't happen at all. If anything, I feel the opposite.
I suppose I must be one of those rare people who is neurologically hypersensitive to abnormal light information.
My assumption is that Matrox video cards give a proper signal output for a section of the colour spectrum, which other brands of video card do not manage to do. My S3 onboard video looks noticably bluish, and it is the worst of all for me to use.
So despite my nickname, I'm using a decade old Matrox Millennium (my G400 died) with 2mb of vram. I simply can not suffer using a computer with a non-Matrox video card installed.
However, I also can not suffer paying for a Matrox Parhelia
Do not worry, I am not begging for donations 
They cost equal to what is over a week's pay here.
Matrox cards are in such demand on the second-hand market that I've seen bidding wars over 4mb models.
I'll be buying a 2nd hand Gxxx when possible.
Could this be considered to be a vindication of the superiority of Matrox visual quality?
If only Matrox could re-enter the mass market like how things were 5 years ago.
However, when I plug in a Matrox card, this doesn't happen at all. If anything, I feel the opposite.
I suppose I must be one of those rare people who is neurologically hypersensitive to abnormal light information.
My assumption is that Matrox video cards give a proper signal output for a section of the colour spectrum, which other brands of video card do not manage to do. My S3 onboard video looks noticably bluish, and it is the worst of all for me to use.
So despite my nickname, I'm using a decade old Matrox Millennium (my G400 died) with 2mb of vram. I simply can not suffer using a computer with a non-Matrox video card installed.
However, I also can not suffer paying for a Matrox Parhelia
Do not worry, I am not begging for donations They cost equal to what is over a week's pay here.Matrox cards are in such demand on the second-hand market that I've seen bidding wars over 4mb models.
I'll be buying a 2nd hand Gxxx when possible.
Could this be considered to be a vindication of the superiority of Matrox visual quality?
If only Matrox could re-enter the mass market like how things were 5 years ago.
I have one just sitting here collecting dust (actually it was my original video card from my very first home-built computer! That old Pentium 200 kicked butt, especially when I attached my Canopus Pure3D with 6mb of ram to it for 3D stuff.) Ah, memories....
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